Leading Atheists Display Their Bias

If there is no God, as these leading atheists aggressively proclaim, then there is no absolute standard for morality and it would be foolish to say something is right or wrong.

Recently, I watched a news report and read one, which
stated that Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens want the pope
arrested for “crimes against humanity” when he arrives in England this
September. This stems from the reports that Pope Benedict XVI had
covered up a case of sexual abuse of a minor in 1985 while he was
known as Cardinal Ratzinger.

I have not paid much attention to the investigation of this incident,
so I don’t feel qualified to speak about Benedict’s innocence or
guilt. If he’s guilty of covering up pedophilia (as some other
Catholic clergy have been), then he should be charged appropriately; although, I’m
not sure if “crimes against humanity” is the proper charge and, as far
as I know, the alleged crimes did not occur in England.

My point here is not to discuss the legal ramifications of what
Benedict may or may not have done; it is to point out the utter
hypocrisy displayed by Dawkins and Hitchens. Why haven’t they led the
charge against organizations like NAMBLA, which seeks to lower the age
of consent to 8? NAMBLA seeks to legalize pedophilia; yet, I’ve never heard
Dawkins or Hitchens speak against this and seek the arrest of the
movement’s leadership. If they have, I’d be happy to apologize and
retract this statement.

However, the biggest point of hypocrisy comes from their own belief
system. If there is no God, as these leading atheists aggressively
proclaim, then there is no absolute standard for morality and it would
be foolish to say something is right or wrong. By whose standard do
you make this determination? For the atheist, there are really only
two options: individuals decide or society decides. If each person
gets to decides for himself/herself what is right or wrong, then one
can’t say that any of their decisions were wrong. If each society gets
to determine this, then no one can say that what the Nazis (who controlled the society of Germany in the 1930s and early 1940s) did was wrong
because Hitler’s society determined that it was fine to exterminate the Jews.

There is a bigger problem with an atheist crying out for moral justice
(for the record, I’m glad most atheists do hold moral
standards). If evolution were true, then there would be no such thing
as human will and a person could not help but behave the way he does.
Since we would just be cosmic accidents, the result of random chemical
reactions, then all of our decisions would be the result of mere
chemical reactions in our brains. We could say, “The chemicals made me
do it.” Consider the frightening, yet consistent, words of atheist
Will Provine:

Let me summarize my views on what modern evolutionary biology tells
us loud and clear … There are no gods, no purposes, no goal-directed
forces of any kind. There is no life after death. When I die, I am
absolutely certain that I am going to be dead. That’s the end for me.
There is no ultimate foundation for ethics, no ultimate meaning to
life, and no free will for humans, either.1

Dawkins and Hitchens aren’t consistent here. They rail against
religious believers, yet, if their atheism were true, their very comments would be unnecessary! Why don’t they
complain about the “crimes against humanity” committed by atheists over the past 100 years? What about the tens of millions
exterminated by Stalin, Mao, and Pol Pot (see The Results of Evolution)?

Moreover, they don’t rail against their own religious view of atheism,
which is a belief system about what we came from (nothing), what our purpose
is (nothing), and what happens when we die (nothing). Their true colors are, therefore, on display here.
Dawkins and Hitchens are motivated by a hatred of anything that smacks
of Christianity. Why are they so offended by the idea of God since
they don’t even believe He exists? Why spend your life on a crusade
attacking something you think is a fairy tale? Why would Richard Dawkins write several books attacking God and not write anything to refute Tinkerbell, for example?

The fact of the matter is that Dawkins and Hitchens know full well
that God exists, but are desperately trying to justify their unbelief.
They are fulfilling the words of Romans 1
. They are suppressing the
truth in unrighteousness (Romans 1:18). They do not like to retain the
knowledge of God in their thinking (Romans 1:28). Their foolish hearts have
been darkened and their thinking is futile (Romans 1:21). They claim to be
wise but have become fools (Romans 1:22). I pray they will seek the truth
before it’s too late.

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